- Bin Laden family, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Politics
The rise and rise of the Bin Laden family is one of the great stories of the twentieth century; its repercussions have already deeply marked the twenty-first. Until now, however, it is a story that has never been fully told, as the Bin Ladens have successfully fended off attempts to understand the family circles from which Osama sprang.
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Earnest, classical in form, epic and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Steve Coll
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 680
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Press HC, The, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9780143114819
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